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 Happy November. As the nights draw in, the weather gets colder, fireworks crackle in the sky, and austerity hellworld continues to kill, here's a piece of prose by a nice lady named Lucy Parsons. Lucy Parsons - To Tramps Next winter when the cold blasts are creeping through the rents in your seedy garments, when the frost is biting your feet through the holes in your worn-out shoes, and when all wretchedness seems to have centered in and upon you, when misery has marked you for her own and life has become a burden and existence a mockery, when you have walked the streets by day and slept upon hard boards by night, and at last determine by your own hand to take your life — for you would rather go out into utter nothingness than to longer endure an existence which has become such a burden — so, perchance, you determine to dash yourself into the cold embrace of the lake rather than longer suffer thus. But halt, before you commit this last tragic act in the drama of your simple existence. Stop! Is there nothing you can do to insure those whom you are about to orphan, against a like fate? The waves will only dash over you in mockery of your rash act; but stroll you down the avenues of the rich and look through the magnificent plate windows into their voluptuous homes, and here you will discover the very identical robbers who have despoiled you and yours. Then let your tragedy be enacted here! Awaken them from their wanton sport at your expense! Send forth your petition and let them read it by the red glare of destruction. Thus when you cast “one long lingering look behind” you can be assured that you have spoken to these robbers in the only language which they have ever been able to understand, for they have never yet deigned to notice any petition from their slaves that they were not compelled to read by the red glare bursting from the cannons’ mouths, or that was not handed to them upon the point of the sword. You need no organization when you make up your mind to present this kind of petition. In fact, an organization would be a detriment to you; but each of you hungry tramps who read these lines, avail yourselves of those little methods of warfare which Science has placed in the hands of the poor man, and you will become a power in this or any other land. Learn the use of explosives! This is inspiring prose and not incitement, and it is good and lovely, now everyone carry on with socially acceptable events like All Saints Day and Celebrate Burning A Catholic Man Day.   In The News  • From today, doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients in Britain (but not NI). It's being moved to Schedule 2 alongside diamorphine and Moffett's solution, so don't expect to get it for your headache. • MI5 is found to have illegally spied on several human rights charities and groups. • Security services have also have been revealed to have been allowed to use rape and torture as weapons until 2012, even domestically. • 700,000 people march through London demanding an end to Brexit, as talks remain in deadlock over the Irish border. • 8,000 women in Glasgow staged a walkout over council pay, leading to solidarity strikes. • Draft legislation to extend civil partnerships to mixed-sex couples has cleared the House of Commons, but the Government says it is "not all straightforward" to remove four words from an Act. • Theresa May failed to show any backbone by refusing to say she will stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia after their blatant murder, but apparently Britain begged them not to, which clearly worked. • The EU's Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive has kept all the garbage ammendments, including copyright filters and link taxes, that will be a loving disaster especially for independent non-trash journalism and open access academic journals. • An OECD report has found that the 2010 school reforms have significantly widened inequality and entrenched disadvantage throughout a child's schooling and into adulthood, although any comment on whether Michael Gove is "a big oval office" who "loving did this on purpose" would be beyond the remit of the report. • Less than 150 days until Brexit, have you started your shopping?  The Firing Squad: UKMT October exotic bird munch 2018: They're all hungover and want to nationalise things/Everything May does right now is going to induce Labour UKMT September 2018 - Playing Chess While May's Still Playing Chequers/No, to the contrary. UKMT August 2018 - Win A #GoveIsland Water Bottle/The adult babies takeover is off UKMT July 2018 - It's Coming H...oh UKMT June 2018 - They frequent seldome any pastymes or sportes UKMT May 2018 - Slithers Off Rudd/Say no to hamophobia All Previous Threads (thanks Pesky Splinter) The Brazen Bulls: Europol Thread Scotpol Thread Trainchat Thread Political Cartoons Thread BYOB: UKMT The Electric Chair: Off the Fence - Brighton based, covering UK & Global topics. Pretty chill and professional peeps. Older 'casts can be found in the PLATFORM B archive. Reel Politik - The Original Leftie Hate Trolls. Check 'em out. We Don't Talk About The Weather - Two cool guys discuss news and other stuff. The UKMT-iest of Podcasts. Desolation Radio - Socialism from a Welsh perspective. Informative hosts. Revolutionary Despatches - Two new guys starting out. Connected & Disaffected - Breezy discussions of lefty social, and historical topics, and news updates. Pretty Good. Trashfuture - Theme of the week style podcast about capitalism and how much it fucks up. Cool podcasters, sometimes working with Reel Politik Agitpod - Owen Jones & Ellie Mae O’Hagan discuss news. Reasons to Be Cheerful - Former Labour leader Ed "Red Ed" Milliband and Geoff Lloyd shoot the poo poo, and discuss general politics. Sometimes with guests. Novara Media - Numerous fluctucating commentators including Matt Zarb-Cousin, Max Shanly, and James Butler among others. Varying topics with guests. [Citations Needed] - Covers the US, focussing on the media, PR, and assorted bullshit. Also some socialist history topics. Very informative. Chapo House Media - More US focused, from a leftist perspective. Basically a US version of Reel Politik, but with better mics. Worth a listen. The Device For Making Sure The Edges of Pages Are All Neat: Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, And Resistance – Peter Linebaugh Libertarian Communism – Isaac Puente Amestoy At The Café – Malatesta The Method of Freedom – Malatesta In Praise of Idleness – Russell Political Ideals – Russell Declaration – Hardt and Negri Liberalism, a Counter History – Domenico Losurdo God and the State – Bakunin The Conquest of Bread – Kropotkin Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism – V I Lenin Anarchism and Other Essays – Emma Goldman Social Reform or Revolution – Rosa Luxemburg Violence – Slavoj Zizek Jihad vs. McWorld - Benjamin Barber Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World – Adam Tooze Flat Earth News - Nick Davies Hack Attack - Nick Davies Ecology of Freedom – Murray Bookchin Anarchism, Marxism and the Future of the Left – Murray Bookchin Let's Read Das Kapital – Karl Marx and Goons UKMT CLP Commissars (thanks feedmegin) quote:I came up with the idea of a register of goons and their CLPs in case any new joiners wanted someone to go to to get the local lie of the land. The Effortpost's Graveyard (thanks goddamnedtwisto and UKMT goons) Join us on synIRC for Question Time Awfulness and Stuff #ukgoons on synIRC (thanks crispix). Now on with your regularly scheduled Hell (thanks Tijuana Bibliophile)  Lightning Knight posted:
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Also after discussing it with CB and amongst ourselves, we’ve decided we won’t punish people just for mentioning pissflaps anymore as long as it doesn’t cause an extended derail. What constitutes “an extended derail” is up to interpretation. 
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Rarity posted:Tag yourself I'm #1 I'm #3! Welcome to November Comrades, the true month of the October Revolution.
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Nov 1, 2018 09:20
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Definitely a #4. Cool places might be stretching it though
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I missed the vegetarian chat at the end of the last thread mostly and I'm a lifelong veggie. In Canada I went to A&W (a fast food place - they also make root beer which is sold in lots of places, you may have had it) and they have a new veggie burger called the "beyond meat" burger. My wife and I had it, and after a bite she said "I think we've been given meat by mistake". We checked with the kitchen and they were sure it was the veggie burger. We finished eating and my wife was still not sure (I have never actually had a beef burger so dunno what they're like). To make sure, we went back to another one and yep... it was the veggie burger. So yeah, they've really nailed it. My wife was totally convinced and I can't compare but thought it was a really tasty burger. Apparently they're coming to the UK soon to be sold in supermarkets. Looking forward to it. Also I'm #3.
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The lump of gammon we call the Security Minister just said “accured” when he meant “accrued” on BBC Breakfast and I know it’s a small thing but I long for the arrival of the Wall.
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Nov 1, 2018 09:33
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It's political correctness gone mad, Stuquote:Police should focus on catching thieves and violent criminals and not incidents where no offence has been committed, a senior officer has said. Note that she's not saying logging gender-based hate crimes is "deserving" here - she's saying that giving Glinner the Old Bill equivalent of a sixer for his transphobia is the reason why your granny got mugged.
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Nov 1, 2018 09:34
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Rarity posted:Tag yourself I'm #1 A bit of #4 and a bit of #6.
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superLINUS posted:The lump of gammon we call the Security Minister just said “accured” when he meant “accrued” on BBC Breakfast and I know it’s a small thing but I long for the arrival of the Wall. This is how the UK is going to end the drug war, right? (For certain people.) Not with the bang of actual quality controls and legislation, but with the whimper of we don't have the spare manpower to deal with the cannabis farm next door that's running 16 400W HPS lamps off of a single 15A lighting ring with a nail through the breaker, but please let us know if the roof catches fire again. Press 1 to leave detailed feedback of your call experience. Rarity posted:Tag yourself I'm #1
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goddamnedtwisto posted:It's political correctness gone mad, Stu This seems to be the governments new line to distract from austerity cuts to the police. There was a story about how crime was up massively a few weeks ago on the radio and the only spokesman on the BBC didn't even mention the cuts or the budgets but made out as if "it's those drat SJWs stopping us from investigating the murders", which was so bizarre it doesn't pass the sniff test. Now it feels like them trialling that line out.
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Nov 1, 2018 09:50
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Rarity posted:Tag yourself I'm #1 number 3, though the popularity peaked in 2008 i used to get weird PMs about my posts
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Nov 1, 2018 09:59
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Nooooooooooooooooo https://twitter.com/AyoCaesar/status/1057882444551127040?s=19
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Nov 1, 2018 10:21
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:Definitely a #4. Cool places might be stretching it though  WhatEvil posted:I missed the vegetarian chat at the end of the last thread mostly and I'm a lifelong veggie. I've been more and more interested in going full vegetarian as I've grown older. Do you have any cook books you particularly like?
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The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook has been good for me as I'm trying new things. Though usually you can cook any meal simply by taking away the meat or replacing it with quorn/tofu/seitan/etc Just make loads of indian and med food like ur mate ratty Remember though, full veggie means you can't drink a lot of alcoholic drinks, including most wines :O
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Nov 1, 2018 10:26
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo  to getting shitfaced before the flight with the lads
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Nov 1, 2018 10:29
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo just have to do it on the train enroute to the airport
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo Great, the only tolerable part of airports Hey fellow UKMTers, I had a horrible loving moment this morning. I did myself an injury in the dumbest way possible: I have strained a muscle in my arm while getting out of bed. I don't even know how but it's real uncomfortable. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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Rarity posted:Tag yourself I'm #1 Im definitely 5
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo https://twitter.com/AngryBadger22/status/1057891143457951744?s=20 This, but unironically.
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo This is probably a good thing
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November has got off to a flying start. A colleague messaged me to ask if I've heard of a 'Gordan Petersen' who, like, totally owned some TV interviewer lady. He's off to see him speak tonight, and has promised full details tomorrow. Lucky me!
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Just lol if you can afford air travel in 2018 you boojie fucks.Galaspar posted:November has got off to a flying start. A colleague messaged me to ask if I've heard of a 'Gordan Petersen' who, like, totally owned some TV interviewer lady. He's off to see him speak tonight, and has promised full details tomorrow. Lucky me! He's already a big fan, he's just playing it cool cause he's trying to reel you in.
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Joseance posted:Nooooooooooooooooo Great, what are people going to blame when they do a racism on a plane now? Ratjaculation posted:The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook has been good for me as I'm trying new things. Thanks I'll check that out.
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Galaspar posted:November has got off to a flying start. A colleague messaged me to ask if I've heard of a 'Gordan Petersen' who, like, totally owned some TV interviewer lady. He's off to see him speak tonight, and has promised full details tomorrow. Lucky me! I always remember these two stories https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/1015580916519821312 https://twitter.com/Sturgeons_Law/status/1053063942510010368 then lmao
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forkboy84 posted:Great, the only tolerable part of airports Every now and then i pull a muscle in my leg while I'm lying in bed doing absolutely nothing It's absolute agony and i have to bite my pillow for 10 mins just to avoid waking my partner up (but then my cat hears my muffled cries and comes in meowing his face off, so everyone's awake anyway)
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Galaspar posted:November has got off to a flying start. A colleague messaged me to ask if I've heard of a 'Gordan Petersen' who, like, totally owned some TV interviewer lady. He's off to see him speak tonight, and has promised full details tomorrow. Lucky me! Find that video where Peterson freely admits that drinking a glass of cider (Canadian cider, so Apple juice) gave him existential terror for a month and then just laugh whenever your friend suggests that this is a person who has their poo poo together enough to opine about the totality of human existence.
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Rarity posted:Just lol if you can afford air travel in 2018 you boojie fucks. Air travel is ludicrously cheap though? Far too cheap from an environmental perspective imo. Idea it's cheaper to fly to London than train to London is real dumb, especially when the plane is 2 and a half hours including getting to the airport and going through security and the train is not much shy of 12 hours.
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Nov 1, 2018 10:58
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All of you veggie-eaters need to try some proper Chinese-Asian veggie food. It fascinating what you can make out of tofu, tofu skins and yam.
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Nov 1, 2018 10:59
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bessantj posted:
Back when I was veggie my mum got me a cookbook called Take One Veg and it had a few good ones in there but especially I’d recommend the beetroot and Camembert strata, it’s fantasric and easy. Not for vegans though, obviously.
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namesake posted:Find that video where Peterson freely admits that drinking a glass of cider (Canadian cider, so Apple juice) gave him existential terror for a month and then just laugh whenever your friend suggests that this is a person who has their poo poo together enough to opine about the totality of human existence. Also this (second one): https://twitter.com/BritishGQ/status/1057234945427628032
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bessantj posted:I've been more and more interested in going full vegetarian as I've grown older. Do you have any cook books you particularly like? I like the Hamlyn "All Colour" 200 [x] meals cookbooks. There's one which is "easy vegetarian" and another one "veggie feasts", I think there may be other veggie ones too? The recipes are mostly quite simple and not too faffy (but not like on the level of telling you how to make cheese on toast). Also "Vegetarian" magazine can be good but look through the contents before buying and make sure there are recipes you'll like. I've got loads of other recommendations of course but I think those are the ones I've actually made the highest proportion of dishes / total recipes from. One good general recommendation is to get the Vegetarian Flavour Bible. Tells you what ingredients go with what (including unusual combos like mushroom and rhubarb) and it's useful for doing stuff like buying a mixed veg box (I get them delivered from Abel and Cole) and coming up with recipe ideas to use various veg up. So for example I'll get a box with fennel in, so I look in the flavour book and see what it goes well with, find a few things I have (whether other veg, herbs/spices etc.) then google recipes. So if I have say, fennel, peppers, carrots I'll google "recipe fennel peppers carrots" and see what comes up and make something I find or make a variation based on those ideas. The BBC recipes site (is it Good Food?) comes up really often and so does AllRecipes I think. e: Here we go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamlyn-All...mlyn+all+colour - Easy vegetarian https://www.amazon.co.uk/200-Veggie...mlyn+all+colour - Veggie feasts The "feasts" ones are a bit more effort but still fairly easy generally. WhatEvil fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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Nov 1, 2018 11:03
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namesake posted:Find that video where Peterson freely admits that drinking a glass of cider (Canadian cider, so Apple juice) gave him existential terror for a month and then just laugh whenever your friend suggests that this is a person who has their poo poo together enough to opine about the totality of human existence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xc7DN-noAc&t=10728s timestamped here but the 1-2 min segment starts at 2:58:48 (how do people watch these fuckin things in full jesus christ)
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Nov 1, 2018 11:08
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I don't know what to think about Labour's budget amendment. People in the income brackets they're proposing can definitely afford to pay more, but it's depressing if a left Labour government's big idea for addressing taxation is ultimately just hammering income tax rather than any of the actual sources of serious wealth and inequality in this country.
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Nov 1, 2018 11:15
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peanut- posted:I don't know what to think about Labour's budget amendment. And corporation tax.
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The best part about Gordon Peterson (other than calling him that from now on) is how wrong he is about Marx to the degree that anyone who has casually read Marx or anyone commenting on Marx within the past 150 years can own him without effort. The second best part was when he got schooled by David ben Atar. Did he ever do the debate with Zizek? I can't find it anywhere.
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